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Portway's Store, Slaughter, 1885
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| Title | Portway's Store, Slaughter, 1885 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1885 |
| Caption | Left to right in photo: John McMahon on load of machinery, Unidentified driver, Mr. Winter, man on edge of platform unidentified, Ruby Pitman (little boy), [first name unknown] Alexander (little boy), "Curly" Alexander (little boy), Clem Lockridge at left of door, Steward Small in foreground, Mrs. C.V. Lockridge in doorway, Clare Garland (clerk in store), Andrew Lund, R C Portway (proprietor), Roney Pitman, Jimmy Gorman, Mr. Smith (English tourist or remittance man).
The store, located on the SW corner of West Main and Division Sreet, was the first commercial building on Main Street.
Building was also known as John Wooding's store and Star Hotel.
Description: exterior of store with false front. Large star in circle on front. A single horse and wagon and double horse and wagon in front. |
| Notes | Source of caption: notes filed with image and White Valley Museum Staff. |
| Subjects | General stores--Washington (State)--Auburn
Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Auburn
Carriages & coaches--Washington (State)--Auburn
Horses--Washington (State)--Auburn
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| Classification | Auburn, WA//Business & Industry/Misc. Business |
| Personal Names | McMahon, John
Winter, Mr.
Pitman, Ruby
Alexander, Mr.
Alexander, 'Curly'
Lockridge, Clement V.
Small, Stewart
Lockridge, Mrs Clement V.
Garland, Clare
Lund, Andrew
Portway, R.C.
Pitman, Roney
Gorman, Jimmie
Smith, Mr. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Auburn |
| Digital Collection | White River Valley Museum Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 104 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: hpittenger@auburnwa.gov. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | White River Valley Museum (Auburn) |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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